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Eros: The movie.


Close-ups of the asteroid 433 Eros E·ros or e·ros (rs, îr-)
n.
, showing fields of boulders and debris-filled craters are featured in a minute-long movie posted Aug. 1 on the Internet (http://near.jhuapl.edu). The movie was compiled from 64 images taken by the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Shoemaker mission during the last 5 kilometers of its descent onto the space rock last February (SN: 7/21/01, p. 38). The final frame resolves features as small as a golf ball.
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Title Annotation:pictures taken of the asteroid on display online
Author:R.C.
Publication:Science News
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Aug 18, 2001
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